Job 18:17
His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
In Context
16His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above.
18He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Cross References
Psalms 9:6The enemy is overtaken by endless ruin. The very memory of the cities which you have overthrown has perished.
Psalms 41:5My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Isaiah 26:14The dead shall not live. The departed spirits shall not rise. Therefore you have visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
Matthew Henry on Job 18:12-21
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. 12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. 13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. 14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. 15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 16 His roots shall be dried up… Read the whole commentary →